Be prepared to pay more for additional helpings of sauces for
your McDonald’s McNuggets.
The fast food chain announced that as part of a month-long trial,
it will charge 30 cents for every packet of nugget sauce customers
ask for, on top of what they are already given.
Kevin Lim, McDonald’s Singapore communications manager, told Yahoo!
Singapore that the trial, which started on Monday (25 June) in 30
McDonald’s restaurants including Bishan Junction 8, Bedok North
and Bugis Junction, is aimed at preventing food
wastage.
“We aim to find a fair solution for reducing wastage and believe
the free allotment of sauce should meet the needs of the majority
of our customers,” he added.
The chain has more than 115 restaurants island-wide.
In the trial, customers who buy a six-piece nuggets can get up to
two packets of sauce free. For orders of nine-piece and 20-piece
nuggets, the customers will get up to three or four packets.
Thereafter, a charge of 30 cents will apply for every additional
serving of the sauce.
Those who purchase other food items such as a meal, sandwich or
fries will be given one unit of nugget sauce free on request,
McDonald’s said. It added that the 30 cent charge will not apply to
the other sauces the restaurants provide.
Customers with feedback on the trial are also welcomed to write to
[email protected]
McDonald’s latest move has met with mixed reactions.
Republic Polytechnic student Justin Lam, said he is okay with
paying extra for the sauces because "they are essential to eating
nuggets".
Still, the 20-year-old, who eats at McDonald’s twice a week,
suggested, "I don't think charging for sauces is a good way of
managing wastage because it can deter people from going to
McDonald’s. Using a sauce dispenser would be better.”
Another customer, 24-year-old student Zianna Zainal said, “It’s a
good move to prevent wastage, I wouldn’t mind paying 30 cents for
extra sauce. I’ve been travelling and it’s normal for McDonald’s
outlets overseas to charge for sauces.”
“It makes McDonald’s more expensive but if it helps prevent
wastage, it’s a good move,” she added.
But there are also some who are critical of the move to charge for
extra sauces.
Housewife Nelly Ng, 31, who buys nuggets once a week for her
husband and two daughters from the McDonald’s outlet in Bishan,
described the 30 cents charge as “unjustified”.
“If I am already paying for the nuggets, then I should be given any
amount of sauce I want. And what they are saying about wastage
don’t apply to my family because we finish all the sauce
everytime,” she said.
